Magikarp

A PSA 10 currently sells for about £207.31, raw the card sits at £2.36 — 88,0× as much. Of 1.313 copies already graded, 18 % received a 10 and 27 % a 9. Mathematically, submitting returns £78.72 on average, before fees and shipping. Rule of thumb: submit when the value at a realistic grade is at least double the raw value — which is the case here. Centering decides it: an off-centre card will not get a 10. The grade distribution comes from the PSA Population Report; people pre-sort before submitting, so your own hit rate may differ.

Across 58 auctions the median was £1.28, across 184 fixed-price sales £2.24. Fixed price therefore fetched about 75 % more — for this card patience with a set price is the better route.

Half of all sales fell between £1.45 and £3.15, with a median of £2.07. Selling fast lands you nearer the lower end; with patience, good photos and a complete title the upper end is achievable.

The cheapest genuine sales were around £0.91. Offers well below £0.55 are typically fakes, mislabelled cards or a different variant — ask for photos of all four borders and a close-up of the surface.

From real sales: Italian £2.97 (15), German £2.93 (76), English £2.19 (243). Italian fetches about 35 % more.

lastsold uses only real sales — eBay plus auction houses like Goldin & Fanatics — recent sales count more (recency weighting), outliers and fakes are removed. It's not an estimate but actual sold prices, separated by condition, language and grading.